diff --git a/lang/python/doc/rst/short-history.rst b/lang/python/doc/rst/short-history.rst
index 0d839a58..8cf604f6 100644
--- a/lang/python/doc/rst/short-history.rst
+++ b/lang/python/doc/rst/short-history.rst
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ Keeping the flame alive
 -----------------------
 
 A couple of years later the project was picked up by Igor Belyi and
-actively developed and maintained by him from 2004 to 2008. Igor\'s
-whereabouts at the time of this document\'s creation are unknown, but
-the current authors do hope he is well. We\'re assuming (or hoping) that
-life did what life does and made continuing untenable.
+actively developed and maintained by him from 2004 to 2008. Igor's
+whereabouts at the time of this document's creation are unknown, but the
+current authors do hope he is well. We're assuming (or hoping) that life
+did what life does and made continuing untenable.
 
 Passing the torch
 -----------------
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ this module or a sample of its content:
 
 .. _pypi-gpgme-180:
 
-GPG 1.8.0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
+GPG 1·8·0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 This is the most recent version to reach PyPI and is the version of the
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ bindings included with that package.
 
 .. _pypi-gpgme-90:
 
-PyME 0.9.0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
+PyME 0·9·0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 This is the last release of the PyME bindings maintained by Martin
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Python 2 to Python 3 code was made in 2015.
 
 Users of the more recent Python bindings will recognise numerous points
 of similarity, but also significant differences. It is likely that the
-more recent official bindings will feel \"more pythonic.\"
+more recent official bindings will feel "more pythonic."
 
 For those using Python 2, there is essentially no harm in using this
 module, but it may lack a number of more recent features added to GPGME.
diff --git a/lang/python/doc/texinfo/short-history.texi b/lang/python/doc/texinfo/short-history.texi
index fd136b54..a982f020 100644
--- a/lang/python/doc/texinfo/short-history.texi
+++ b/lang/python/doc/texinfo/short-history.texi
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ Relics of the past
 
 The Perils of PyPI
 
-* GPG 1.8.0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library: GPG 180 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library. 
-* PyME 0.9.0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library: PyME 090 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library. 
+* GPG 1·8·0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library::
+* PyME 0·9·0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library::
 
 @end detailmenu
 @end menu
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ pyme (0.9.0) - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
 @end enumerate
 
 @menu
-* GPG 1.8.0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library: GPG 180 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library. 
-* PyME 0.9.0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library: PyME 090 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library. 
+* GPG 1·8·0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library::
+* PyME 0·9·0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library::
 @end menu
 
-@node GPG 180 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
-@subsection GPG 1.8.0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
+@node GPG 1·8·0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
+@subsection GPG 1·8·0 - Python bindings for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
 
 This is the most recent version to reach PyPI and is the version
 of the official Pyhon bindings which shipped with GPGME 1.8.0.  If
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ As there have been a lot of changes since the release of GPGME
 module and instead installing the current version of GPGME along
 with the Python bindings included with that package.
 
-@node PyME 090 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
-@subsection PyME 0.9.0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
+@node PyME 0·9·0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
+@subsection PyME 0·9·0 - Python support for GPGME GnuPG cryptography library
 
 This is the last release of the PyME bindings maintained by Martin
 Albrecht and is only compatible with Python 2, it will not work